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https://t.co/BXkL6visWT, released national and state-specific statistics on the dental plans they offer including details on premiums, coverage of major dental procedures, and out-of-pocket costs. You can access these reports for free at https://t.co/gtpXlzAX2g

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Kev Coleman (Paragon) & Michael Pencina (Duke) released a new paper proposing a pioneering framework to increase patient safety for AI medical devices at risk for unpredictability without significantly increasing costs or impeding future innovations. https://t.co/L17hBYd31d

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AON: US employer health care costs are projected to rise 9.5 percent in 2026, exceeding $17,000 per employee. This marks the third consecutive year of elevated health care cost trends near double digits. https://t.co/b9SlzEzJTO

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Very happy to speak with Christian Robles from Inside Health Policy about regulatory sandboxes for AI and how we might improve their safety with targeted postmarket surveillance. You can read Christian's article at https://t.co/XU7GXMf69L

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CNBC: Trump says he asked 17 pharmaceutical firms to take steps to cut U.S. drug prices within 60 days. Companies include Amgen, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, GSK, Merck, Pfizer, and Novartis. https://t.co/mqm9ysobs4

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Major police association breaks ties with health care company regulators now accuse of misleading retired first responders. https://t.co/uRHB6sCRPL

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Could the VA Be the Key to Lowering the Cost of American Health Care? https://t.co/ahDfk34mKE

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State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 million in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history. https://t.co/6jdI30OR14

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Becker's Hospital Review: Healthcare’s broken math - 11 signs that the numbers don’t add up. https://t.co/5ceAgoIqys

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NBC News: Kennedy says health insurers promise to change prior authorization process. https://t.co/BwHFmLEWpC

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Becker's Hospital Review: Trump to roll back ‘gimmick’ Medicaid payment policy increasing federal Medicaid costs. https://t.co/WBbCbCaR9K

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A jury convicted the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx of orchestrating a $1B healthcare fraud exploiting federal programs & targeted 100Ks of Medicare beneficiaries. The scheme employed fraudulent doctors’ orders for unnecessary medical services. https://t.co/TnNl4px2Yu

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Politico: House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday defended a 10-year moratorium on enforcing state and local artificial intelligence (AI) laws that the House passed as part of its massive tax and spending bill. https://t.co/brb9TuTg0b

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Exercise can reduce the risk of cancer patients dying by a third, stop tumours coming back & is even more effective than drugs, according to a world-first trial involving patients from the US, UK, Australia, France, Canada and Israel. https://t.co/Bx9DRM1qDj

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Mass General Brigham’s AI tool FaceAge predicts biological age, life expectancy, as well as survival outcomes for people with cancer. https://t.co/QX5SiJla4K

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Medication Prices to Drop? Trump announced will be signing an executive order on Monday implementing a "most favored nation’s policy whereby the United States will pay the same price" as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world. https://t.co/tfWmjpm3Ud

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WSJ: Five years after the pandemic’s start, millions of Americans are still struggling with long-lasting symptoms of Covid-19. Cognitive difficulties are among the most troubling and common symptoms in people both old and young. https://t.co/wrtLJle8Ir

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Kev Coleman quoted in a Politico article touching on AI postmarket surveillance within healthcare, a critically important subject and one on which he and Dr. Michael Pencina will be publishing a paper in the near future. https://t.co/H2HwqkWL8N

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Beckers Health IT: The American Hospital Association and Health-ISAC are alerting hospitals to a social media post alleging plans for a coordinated, multi-city terrorist attack on hospitals in the coming weeks. https://t.co/eaoHPOwiCB

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Kev Coleman interviewed on the issue of AI and its potential to transform American healthcare. https://t.co/EHizhKbOyA

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⚫ UNCANNY VALLEY: AI CAN SPOT CANCER YEARS EARLY—SO WHY IS IT STUCK IN RED TAPE?

Special Guest: Kev Coleman

Host: @OperationDanish

AI has the power to diagnose cancer six years early, slash healthcare costs, and revolutionize medicine—so why is outdated regulation keeping it from patients?

Kev Coleman, a top healthcare AI expert, exposes how bureaucracy, bad incentives, and corporate monopolies are killing innovation before it even starts.

From AI-powered drug discovery to fraud detection, to why Elon’s budget cuts at HHS & NIH could be a double-edged sword—this episode is packed with hard truths about the future of healthcare.

Welcome to "The Uncanny Valley" Weekly Series, Fridays at 4:20PM ET, ONLY on X.

Episode 2: THE AI HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION—IF REGULATORS DON’T KILL IT FIRST

01:04 – “Healthcare costs are out of control.” Why AI is America’s last hope for sustainable medicine.

02:49 – Cutting admin costs won’t fix healthcare. “That money will never reach patients.”

05:49 – AI isn’t just paperwork—it could save rural healthcare by expanding specialist access.

07:16 – The real reason hospital costs are soaring: “Same doctor, same service—3X the price.”

10:34 – Does “value-based care” actually lower costs—or is it just good branding?

11:53 – “Make America healthy again.” A bold vision—or just another slogan?

14:11 – AI-powered drug discovery: The future of medicine or Silicon Valley hype?

17:04 – AI can predict lung cancer six years early. So why is it buried in bureaucracy?

19:03 – Who do you sue when AI makes a mistake? The future of medical malpractice.

21:48 – “Doctors are drowning in paperwork.” How AI can fix the broken healthcare system.

23:50 – AI and human bias: Are we training machines to inherit our worst habits?

26:22 – Defensive medicine is killing innovation. Doctors order unnecessary tests just to avoid lawsuits.

29:18 – @elonmusk’s war on “legacy” healthcare spending: Will his budget cuts fix the system—or destroy it?

32:47 – Should AI have a “memory”? Why bigger context windows could be a huge problem in medicine.

38:40 – AI vs. fraud, waste, and abuse: How algorithms are uncovering billions in healthcare fraud.

39:52 – Cutting NIH funding—short-term win, long-term disaster? “This could cripple U.S. research.”

41:46 – “No perfect solutions—only trade-offs.” How policymakers are failing AI innovation.